the president, mugabe of zimbabwe, rogue states, nations that feel that the west and powers on the u.n. security council are the ones that are calling all the international shots. she does have an audience. some of the things he does say with the exception of some of these holocaust fiery speeches do resonate with some people. >> the other side of this triangle, it's not just the fall in the air. that's a palpable chill between the president and benjamin netanyahu. do you think that estrangement makes it more or less likely that israel acts unilaterally? how does it affect your calculus that the two leaders don't seem to be on the same page? >> i think president obama has come under a lot of criticism by benjamin netanyahu. that's one of the reasons he's not meeting with the prime min sister. at the same time the prime minister is criticizing him, he's not going to be sitting down and giving him an audience. i do think that at tepthe end o day israel's calculation is president obama going to have my back? is the united states going to help me out if they feel iran is going for a nuclea